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by cdfgg 3222 days ago
isn't it because the officer type wrong license? i thought the scanner purpose is to minimize human error like this
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An automated scanner may be more accurate, but given that it will perform far more scans, I could imagine the total never of false positives being higher.
s/never/number/
sure, he typed wrong number and got same make, model and color stolen vehicle, also:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/policeman-b...